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=== Other work ===
=== Other work ===
Honda has participated in the works of [[Shirō Sagisu|Shiro Sagisu]], [[Ringo Sheena]], Hiroshi Sato,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Touch the Heart|url=http://www.hiroshi-sato.com/album/touchtheheart.html |access-date=2020-09-13|website=www.hiroshi-sato.com}}</ref> [[Toshiki Kadomatsu]], [[L'Arc-en-Ciel]], [[Kukeiha Club]], [[FictionJunction]], [[Kohei Tanaka (composer)|Kohei Tanaka]], Motoaki Furukawa, [[SunSet Swish]], [[Nana Mizuki]], [[Aiko (singer)|Aiko]] Yuji Toriyama,<ref>{{Cite web|title=SRCL-6436 {{!}} Toriyama - VGMdb|url=https://vgmdb.net/artist/3912 |access-date=2020-09-15|website=website|language=en}}</ref> [[Masayuki Suzuki]], [[Yui Makino]], [[Sumire Uesaka]], [[Junna (singer)|Junna]], Ryo Takahashi, and [[Round Table (band)|Round Table]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Masato Honda - VGMdb|url=https://vgmdb.net/artist/3912|access-date=2020-09-15|website=vgmdb.net}}</ref> He has recorded for the soundtracks of Cowboy Bebop, [[Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kings|Souryuden]], [[Gunstar Heroes]], [[Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki|Tenchi-Muyo! Ryo-Ohki]], [[Mega Man X]], [[Arc the Lad]], [[F-Zero X]], [[Shenmue (video game)|Shenmue]], [[Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream|Napple Tale]], [[Gensō Suikogaiden]], [[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]], [[Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths]], [[Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem]], [[List of Angel Heart episodes|Angel Heart]], [[Wild Arms]], [[Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure]], [[Hayate the Combat Butler]], [[Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus]], [[Pandora Hearts]], [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion Wind Symphony]], [[One Piece (TV series)|One Piece]], [[Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!|Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!]], [[Cat Planet Cuties]], [[Negima! Magister Negi Magi]], [[Heaven's Memo Pad]], [[Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!]], [[Kids on the Slope]], [[Nyaruko: Crawling with Love]], [[The Third]], [[Sound! Euphonium]], [[Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju|Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju]], [[Wake Up, Girls!]], [[Prison School]], [[Active Raid|Active Raid: Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit]], [[Ragnarok Online|Journey of Midgard/Michiko Naruke Ragnarok Online]], [[ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.|ACCA 13-ku Kansatsu-ka]], [[Final Fantasy|Square Enix Jazz Final Fantasy]], [[City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes]], [[Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion|Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion Orchestra Concert]], and [[Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest]].<ref name=":1" />
Honda has participated in the works of [[Shirō Sagisu|Shiro Sagisu]], [[Ringo Sheena]], Hiroshi Sato,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Touch the Heart|url=http://www.hiroshi-sato.com/album/touchtheheart.html |access-date=2020-09-13|website=www.hiroshi-sato.com}}</ref> [[Toshiki Kadomatsu]], [[L'Arc-en-Ciel]], [[Kukeiha Club]], [[FictionJunction]], [[Kohei Tanaka (composer)|Kohei Tanaka]], Motoaki Furukawa, [[SunSet Swish]], [[Nana Mizuki]], [[Aiko (singer)|Aiko]] Yuji Toriyama,<ref>{{Cite web|title=SRCL-6436 {{!}} Toriyama - VGMdb|url=https://vgmdb.net/artist/3912 |access-date=2020-09-15|website=website|language=en}}</ref> [[Masayuki Suzuki]], [[Yui Makino]], [[Sumire Uesaka]], [[Junna (singer)|Junna]], Ryo Takahashi, and [[Round Table (band)|Round Table]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Masato Honda - VGMdb|url=https://vgmdb.net/artist/3912|access-date=2020-09-15|website=vgmdb.net}}</ref>


He has also recorded for the soundtracks of Cowboy Bebop, [[Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kings|Souryuden]], [[Gunstar Heroes]], [[Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki|Tenchi-Muyo! Ryo-Ohki]], [[Mega Man X]], [[Arc the Lad]], [[F-Zero X]], [[Shenmue (video game)|Shenmue]], [[Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream|Napple Tale]], [[Gensō Suikogaiden]], [[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]], [[Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths]], [[Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem]], [[List of Angel Heart episodes|Angel Heart]], [[Wild Arms]], [[Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure]], [[Hayate the Combat Butler]], [[Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus]], [[Pandora Hearts]], [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion Wind Symphony]], [[One Piece (TV series)|One Piece]], [[Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!]], [[Cat Planet Cuties]], [[Negima! Magister Negi Magi]], [[Heaven's Memo Pad]], [[Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!]], [[Kids on the Slope]], [[Nyaruko: Crawling with Love]], [[The Third]], [[Sound! Euphonium]], [[Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju|Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju]], [[Wake Up, Girls!]], [[Prison School]], [[Active Raid|Active Raid: Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit]], [[Ragnarok Online|Journey of Midgard/Michiko Naruke Ragnarok Online]], [[ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.|ACCA 13-ku Kansatsu-ka]], [[Final Fantasy|Square Enix Jazz Final Fantasy]], [[City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes]], [[Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion|Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion Orchestra Concert]], and [[Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest]].<ref name=":1" />
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Since his work with T-Square, he has led and been a part of several other bands. Honda founded the group B.B.Station as a "train station" between the styles of [[jazz fusion]] and swing. Trumpeter Eric Miyashiro is part of this group. Honda has been a member of the Blue Note Tokyo All-Star Jazz Orchestra that Miyashiro leads.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Masato Honda B.B.STATION Big Band Night｜Live Reports｜Blue Note Tokyo|url=http://www.bluenote.co.jp/jp/reports/2019/07/27/masato-honda.html|access-date=2020-12-19|website=www.bluenote.co.jp}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Blue Note Tokyo Celebrate|url=http://www.bluenote.co.jp/jp/artists/bnt-all-star-jazz-orchestra/2019_04/|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Blue Note Tokyo|language=ja}}</ref> Honda has been in a number of fusion acts since leaving T-Square, such as Four of a Kind, which participated in the 2004 JVC Jazz Festival in Seoul, and Voice of Elements, which live-streamed performances because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic|2020 coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Voice of Elements|url=http://www.ciao-ciao-ciao.com/?page_id=34|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Masato Honda Official Site|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=本田雅人 with Voice of Elements - TwitCasting|url=https://twitcasting.tv/oasis_sd/shopcart/37794|access-date=2020-12-19|website=twitcasting.tv|language=en}}</ref> Also significant is his second solo album, ''Carry Out'', in which he played every instrument and composed every song on the record.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Carry out Masato Honda CD Album|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/VICJ-60392|access-date=2021-03-29|website=CDJapan|language=en}}</ref>

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Since his work with T-Square, he has led and been a part of several other bands. Honda founded the group B.B.Station as a "train station" between the styles of [[jazz fusion]] and [[Swing music|swing]]. Trumpeter Eric Miyashiro is part of this group. Honda has been a member of the Blue Note Tokyo All-Star Jazz Orchestra that Miyashiro leads.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Masato Honda B.B.STATION Big Band Night｜Live Reports｜Blue Note Tokyo|url=http://www.bluenote.co.jp/jp/reports/2019/07/27/masato-honda.html|access-date=2020-12-19|website=www.bluenote.co.jp}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Blue Note Tokyo Celebrate|url=http://www.bluenote.co.jp/jp/artists/bnt-all-star-jazz-orchestra/2019_04/|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Blue Note Tokyo|language=ja}}</ref> Honda has been in a number of other fusion acts besides T-Square such as Four of a Kind, which participated in the 2004 JVC Jazz Festival in Seoul, and Voice of Elements, which live-streamed performances because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic|2020 coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Voice of Elements|url=http://www.ciao-ciao-ciao.com/?page_id=34|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Masato Honda Official Site|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=本田雅人 with Voice of Elements - TwitCasting|url=https://twitcasting.tv/oasis_sd/shopcart/37794|access-date=2020-12-19|website=twitcasting.tv|language=en}}</ref> In a recent solo album, Across the Groove, Honda featured prominent jazz and fusion keyboard [[Bob James (musician)|Bob James]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bobjames.com/biography/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=bobjames.com}}</ref> Also significant is his second solo album, ''Carry Out'', in which he played every instrument and composed every song on the record.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Carry out Masato Honda CD Album|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/VICJ-60392|access-date=2021-03-29|website=CDJapan|language=en}}</ref>


== Instruments ==
== Instruments ==

Revision as of 03:33, 15 April 2021

Masato Honda
Born (1962-11-13) November 13, 1962 (age 61)
GenresJazz fusion
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Saxophone

Masato Honda (本田雅人, born November 13, 1962), is a Japanese saxophone player, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.[1] Born in Nakamura City, Kochi Prefecture (now Shimanto City), he graduated from Kunitachi College of Music. He was a member of the band T-Square and appeared on Cowboy Bebop's soundtrack with The Seatbelts.

Biography

Early life and career

Masato Honda started playing the saxophone in the 3rd grade under the influence of his father, who was a music teacher. He went to Kunitachi College of Music, where he studied classical saxophone until he won the 14th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest in 1983. Afterwards, he turned his focus to jazz and fusion styles. In 1985, he graduated from Kunitachi College of Music at the top of his class and joined Nobuo Hara's Sharps and Flats. Afterwards, he worked as a session musician and formed the group WITNESS with Masaharu Ishikawa and Jun Kajiwara.[2][3]

T-Square

The 1990 live, T-Square Live (featuring F1 Grand Prix Theme) theme was Honda's first time working with T-Square as a session musician. The then-current saxophonist Takeshi Itoh stepped down from the group to pursue a solo career. He debuted as an official member in T-Square Live - "Farewell & Welcome" in 1991, which was Itoh's official send-off from the group, and welcome to Masato Honda. Prior to this, Honda began recording his first studio album with T-Square in January 1991, New-S, where he composed the opening track, Megalith. It would release on March 21 that same year. [4] Also in 1991, the group recorded the album Refreshest as T-Square and Friends, the first album under that name. It was composedly mainly of arrangements of previous songs, one of which was a version of It's Magic.[4]

Following the death of racing legend Ayrton Senna in 1994, T-Square released SOLITUDE, also as T-Square and Friends.[5] David Liebman, Michael Brecker, and Mike Stern joined T-Square and Friends for the album Miss you in New York in 1995.[6]

After the album Blue in Red, Honda left T-Square for unknown reasons and pursued a solo career. He participated in the 20th Anniversary Performance at Yaon de Asobu, and Farewell & Welcome Live 1998, which was recorded on April 28, 1998 and released on VHS the following July.[4] Berklee alum Takahiro Miyazaki replaced him.[7]

Other work

Honda has participated in the works of Shiro Sagisu, Ringo Sheena, Hiroshi Sato,[8] Toshiki Kadomatsu, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Kukeiha Club, FictionJunction, Kohei Tanaka, Motoaki Furukawa, SunSet Swish, Nana Mizuki, Aiko Yuji Toriyama,[9] Masayuki Suzuki, Yui Makino, Sumire Uesaka, Junna, Ryo Takahashi, and Round Table[10]

He has also recorded for the soundtracks of Cowboy Bebop, Souryuden, Gunstar Heroes, Tenchi-Muyo! Ryo-Ohki, Mega Man X, Arc the Lad, F-Zero X, Shenmue, Napple Tale, Gensō Suikogaiden, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths, Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem, Angel Heart, Wild Arms, Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure, Hayate the Combat Butler, Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus, Pandora Hearts, Evangelion Wind Symphony, One Piece, Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!, Cat Planet Cuties, Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Heaven's Memo Pad, Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!, Kids on the Slope, Nyaruko: Crawling with Love, The Third, Sound! Euphonium, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, Wake Up, Girls!, Prison School, Active Raid: Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit, Journey of Midgard/Michiko Naruke Ragnarok Online, ACCA 13-ku Kansatsu-ka, Square Enix Jazz Final Fantasy, City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes, Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion Orchestra Concert, and Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest.[10]

Since his work with T-Square, he has led and been a part of several other bands. Honda founded the group B.B.Station as a "train station" between the styles of jazz fusion and swing. Trumpeter Eric Miyashiro is part of this group. Honda has been a member of the Blue Note Tokyo All-Star Jazz Orchestra that Miyashiro leads.[11][12] Honda has been in a number of other fusion acts besides T-Square such as Four of a Kind, which participated in the 2004 JVC Jazz Festival in Seoul, and Voice of Elements, which live-streamed performances because of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.[13][14] In a recent solo album, Across the Groove, Honda featured prominent jazz and fusion keyboard Bob James.[15] Also significant is his second solo album, Carry Out, in which he played every instrument and composed every song on the record.[16][17]

Instruments

Honda has experience on a variety of instruments. Aside from the four main saxophones, he has been observed playing the clarinet, flute, EWI, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, and recorder.[18][16] He also has ability as a jazz scat singer.[19]

On the alto saxophone he uses a refaced 7* Yanagisawa mouthpiece, as well as a model made specifically for him by the brand Saxz, and a Meyer 5M.[20][21] He used a Mark VII saxophone for most of his career, but switched to the more renowned Mark VI at some point in the 2010s[21] For his time in T-Square, he used a synthetic Fibracell reed, but now uses Vandoren's Green Java reeds.[22][23]

Discography

As leader

  • Growin (A-Pro C&C, 1998)
  • Carry Out (JVC, 1999)
  • Real-Fusion (JVC, 2000)
  • Illusion (JVC, 2000)
  • Cross Hearts (JVC, 2001)
  • What is Fusion (JVC, 2001)
  • Crowded Colors (JVC, 2003)
  • Assemble a Crew (JVC, 2004)
  • Masato Honda with Voice of Elements (Kang & Music, 2006)
  • Across the Groove (RCA, 2008)
  • Solid State Funk (Sony, 2009)
  • Saxes Street (GRP, 2015)

With T-Square

  • T-Square Live - Featuring F-1 Grand Prix Theme (1990 (Brass section))
  • New-S (1991)
  • T-Square Live - Farewell & Welcome (1991)
  • Megalith (1991)
  • Refreshest (1991)
  • Impressive (1992)
  • Human (1993)
  • Summer Planet (1994)
  • SOLITUDE (1994)
  • Welcome to the Rose Garden (1995)
  • Miss you in New York (1995)
  • T-Square and Friends Live in Tokyo (1995)
  • B.C.A.D. (1996)
  • Blue in Red (1997)
  • Farewell & Welcome Live 1998 (1998)[24]
  • 20th Anniversary Performance at Yaon de Asobu (1998)

References

  1. ^ "本田雅人と中川英二郎が【かわさきジャズ2020】で共演。気の合う二人が音楽の魅力を語る | Special". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  2. ^ "WITNESS - WITNESS (1988)". 네이버 블로그 | J-Fusion Review (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  3. ^ "T-Square "Blue in Red" Interview". jazzfusion.com. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  4. ^ a b c "T-SQUARE (ティー・スクェア / 티스퀘어) - 앨범 (Discography) - GONSIOPEA". archive.is. 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  5. ^ Gons. "Solitude -Dedicated to SENNA- - T-SQUARE (ティー・スクェア / 티스퀘어) - GONSIOPEA". gonsiopea.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  6. ^ "SonyMusicShop". SonyMusicShop. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  7. ^ heishi (2015-09-02). "BIOGRAPHY". 宮崎隆睦オフィシャルページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  8. ^ "Touch the Heart". www.hiroshi-sato.com. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  9. ^ "SRCL-6436 | Toriyama - VGMdb". website. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  10. ^ a b "Masato Honda - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  11. ^ "Masato Honda B.B.STATION Big Band Night｜Live Reports｜Blue Note Tokyo". www.bluenote.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  12. ^ "Blue Note Tokyo Celebrate". Blue Note Tokyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  13. ^ "Voice of Elements". Masato Honda Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  14. ^ "本田雅人 with Voice of Elements - TwitCasting". twitcasting.tv. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  15. ^ bobjames.com http://bobjames.com/biography/. Retrieved 2021-04-15. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ a b Gons. "Carry Out - Masato Honda (本田雅人 / 혼다 마사토) - GONSIOPEA". gonsiopea.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  17. ^ "Carry out Masato Honda CD Album". CDJapan. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  18. ^ "Masato Honda Live! Cross Hearts 2003 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  19. ^ "Masato Honda Kazumi Watanabe ~ Milestones - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  20. ^ "CONTACT". saxz-mouthpiece-sax (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  21. ^ a b "プレイヤーとマウスピースについて 【サックス】". 管楽器専門店 WINDPAL by イシバシ楽器 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  22. ^ "【樹脂リード】本田雅人氏の90年代スクエアで使用していたリードはなんと！". サックスプレイヤー@京都 | 川上弦太 オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  23. ^ SAX, THE. "サックス記事詳細：本田雅人によるフュージョンサックスガイド │THE SAX SPECIAL特別号05". THE SAX ONLINE (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  24. ^ Gons. "T-SQUARE (ティー・スクェア / 티스퀘어) - 앨범 (Discography) - GONSIOPEA". gonsiopea.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-23.
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